Third Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/20 Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/12/20 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

Friday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of Pope St. Damasus I, 304-384; survived the controversy of an antipope elected by a minority; lived a simple lifestyle; fiercely denounced heresies; during his pontificate, Latin became the principal liturgical language Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/11/20 Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19

Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Saint of the Day: Pope St. Gregory III, 690-741; battled iconoclasm, which was promoted by the Byzantine emperor; supported St. Boniface in his missionary work in Germany; died in a war with the Lombards Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/10/20 Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15

Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego, 1474-1548; the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him in 1531; it was his cloak which bore–and continues to bear–the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/8/20 Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/8/20 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

Memorial of St. Ambrose, 337-397; bishop and Doctor of the Church; a man of action who cut a furrow through the lives of his contemporaries; converted and baptized St. Augustine of Hippo Monday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/7/20 Gospel: Luke 5:17-26

Second Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/6/20 Gospel: Mark 1:1-8

Saturday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Gerald; Eleventh Century abbot, appointed choir director of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain; became bishop of Braga, eradicating abuses which had cropped up; died December 5, 1109 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/5/20 Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8

Friday of the First Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. John Damascene, 676-749; priest and Doctor of the Church; spent most of his life in the Monastery of St. Sabas, near Jerusalem, and all of his life under Muslim rule–indeed protected by it Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/4/20 Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31